Fathers of Conscience : Mixed-Race Inheritance in the Antebellum South /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jones, Bernie D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2009.
Series:Studies in the legal history of the South.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social classes > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Family relationships > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slaveholders > Family relationships > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Men, White > Family relationships > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Inheritance and succession > Social aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Wills > Southern States > Cases.
Women slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Illegitimate children > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Racially mixed people > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Righteous fathers, vulnerable old men, and degraded creatures
  • Slavery, freedom, and the rule of law
  • Justice and mercy in the Kentucky Court of Appeals
  • Circling the wagons and clamping down : the Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals
  • The people of Barnwell against the Supreme Court of South Carolina : the case of Elijah Willis.

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